A major travel company has announced that all bookings will be cancelled up to and including 26 July. It said it had taken the ‘difficult’ decision to extend cancellations beyond 5 July while talks to secure its future continue. Youtravel is owned by German company FTI Group, whose tour operator brand FTI Touristik filed for...
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Revealed: Britain’s best village shops of 2024
The village shop sells everything you could ever need, Robbie says, and a large amount of it is sourced from local suppliers. There’s bread, cakes, brownies and Portuguese tarts from three different village bakeries, beers brewed within three miles of the outlet and fish caught fresh on the Suffolk coast. Then there’s a “second-hand bookshop,...
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Flight attendant’s advice for ‘red eye’ trips comes with warning
Taking an overnight flight can be exhausting – particularly for those in the less comfortable standard seating. However, there are ways you can make it easier for yourself, according to a former airline staff member. Kat Kamalani, who posts online under the same name, is known for posting her travel advice online after working as...
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How the ‘least cultured’ place in Britain reinvented itself
It seemed proper to start with the creative backstory, so I begin at the Silk Museum. In the 16th century, Macclesfield was renowned for making buttons. When it became fashionable to cover them in silk, ever-innovative Macc thrust itself into that industry, too. The first silk mill was established in 1743; at its peak, the...
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The world’s most expensive visas for UK holidaymakers
Each year, the Henley Passport Index measures the number of countries travellers can visit visa-free. The UK usually ranks reasonably highly: in 2024, with 192 countries visitable visa-free, it came third, level with Denmark and Belgium. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain are all, collectively, the most powerful, with their passport-holders able to visit...
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The difference between the world’s best airport and Britain’s ‘worst’? Everything works
There are reading rooms (where no one is reading because they’re all playing with their phones), there are art installations (same), there are children’s play areas (where parents are paying attention, because the climby stuff is, perhaps unwisely, made of hard, bruise-inducing bronze). And, of course, there are shops. Hermès and the rest, it turns...
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Travel warning issued to tourists amid extreme rain and 40°C temperatures in holiday hotspots
Holidaymakers jetting off to Spain and Greece have been issued a warning as extreme weather sweeps both countries. Scorching temperatures are expected to hit parts of Greece as several regions across Spain contend with flash floods. Spain is expecting more rain as it deals with flash flooding in Palma, Majorca, leaving holidaymakers stranded at airports....
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Air passengers face a summer of confusion over the 100ml liquids rule
Compounding any possible confusion, the majority of the airports that have not yet rolled out the new tech do, in fact, have one or more of the new scanners in operation. This means there is a chance that you will travel through Gatwick or Heathrow this summer with a see-through bag full of 100ml liquids,...
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Fewer hot meals and no more ‘lap babies’ – how airlines are preparing for a turbulent future
In addition to the new rules announced by Singapore Airlines, a flight attendant union is lobbying for a ban on children under the age of two travelling on a parent’s lap. Last year the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA union, which represents more than 50,000 flight attendants in the USA, urged legislators to change the rules...
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Is Britain the world’s biggest holiday rip-off?
Getting around The high cost of train travel within the UK is another thorny issue. Say you want to reach your Cornish holiday apartment by train, taking a leaf out of Greta Thunberg’s book and doing your bit for the planet. The cheapest off-peak return from London to Penzance on Aug 5 currently costs £143...
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The 20 best grand British seaside hotels
Once upon a time, there was nowhere so redolent with glamour as a Great British seaside hotel in the summer season and – for a while – the Grand Hotel in Scarborough led the pack. The Grand opened in 1867 and was reputedly Europe’s largest hotel. Yet recently, one mayoral candidate branded it “the shame...
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‘Rundown’ UK city named worst place for a short break
When it comes to visiting cities in the UK we all have ones that we favour than others, right? Whether you’re more into lively nightlife, quaint streets or a great high street, everyone has their preferences when it comes to city breaks in the UK. However, new research has found the best and worst cities...